In-person screening and Q&A with director Jake Wachtel of the family mystery-adventure film “Karmalink.” Shot on location in the Khmer language with English subtitles, “Karmalink” tells the tale of a plucky group of kids, from a gentrifying poor neighborhood in Phnom Penh, who try to solve the mystery of a stolen idol. They encounter one tween’s inexplicable visions of Cambodian history, and reincarnation the 21st-century way, in this wryly dystopian story of economic justice. The Q&A will be moderated by IAC Sam Nunn School of International Affairs scholar Dr. Katja Weber, who runs GT’s study abroad program to Southeast Asia. 

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/karmalink-2021-screening-and-qa-with-director-jake- wachtel-tickets-268993214947

This year the Global Media Fest will explore United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #16, which states that  “conflict, insecurity, weak institutions and limited access to justice remain a great threat to sustainable development.” (United Nations)

More information and Global Media Fest 2022 events are available at: https://globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu/gmf-2022/.